Pastors / Leadership Archives

Church leaders have an enormous responsibility. They are shepherding church members, counseling those in need, as well as caring for themselves and...

COVID-19 is rightly seen as a plague on our world, leaving a wake of physical death and financial devastation in its path. Most would say it’s been...

Making disciples is what Christ left His followers on earth to do. That was their mandate then, and it is still the overreaching directive of the...

“I am among you as one who serves,” said our Master (Luke 22:27). Why should you and I be any different?

God isn’t concerned with how much or how little you have, he is concerned with what you are doing with what you have been given. Focus on what...

Jesus' surprising, counterintuitive ways open us up to the Holy Spirit’s leading to be more than a “nice, loving Christian neighbor.” While...

As I wrote in an earlier blog, it’s time for VUCA leadership. But what does that mean specifically? Obviously, every church and organization is...

To the shepherd of a stagnant flock: If your church has plateaued, make sure you haven’t. Here are 10 (hopefully) encouraging ideas.

Dr. J. Robert Clinton has invested much of his career analyzing why people do—or don’t—finish well. His study of 800+ Christian leaders concludes:...

To say Jesus is worthy is no light matter. It is to say we owe Him our total loyalty, come what may. To say or sing “Worthy is the Lamb” is a...

Here are three ways pastors and church leaders can deliver a very special Easter, while we’re all staying at home under quarantine.

If there was ever a time that the old adage “the Church is not a building,” rings true, it’s now. In no particular order of priority, here are 25...

If Elijah can pray that it would not rain for three years, we can pray to strengthen our world leaders. We can pray to end this pandemic. We can...

For those who are asking if I think that taking an SBA-backed loan, as provided for in the CARES Act, is a violation of our conviction of a free...

Regardless of what happens this Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter, this year’s Holy Week will be memorable. The God who saves has not left us....